[Info-vax] the document describing the system service transfer vector

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 9/19/22 21:19, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 9/19/2022 8:12 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 9/19/22 19:56, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 9/19/2022 6:55 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>> On 9/19/22 17:40, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>>> In article <jorsn3Fqts8U1 at mid.individual.net>, Andy Burns 
>>>>> <usenet at andyburns.uk> writes:
>>>>>> VAXman wrote:
>>>>>>> Andy Burns writes:
>>>>>>>> hb wrote:
>>>>>>>>> https://vmsbug.eng.vmssoftware.com/mediawiki/index.php/File:ModularExecutive.docx 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> not WPS-Plus?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That URL is invalid.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe it works internally?
>>>>>
>>>>> Even if it DID work, what would I do with it?  No WEENDOZE to read 
>>>>> it. What's
>>>>> wrong with PDF? Where the P is Portable.
>>>>
>>>> Don't need Windows to read a docx file.  It really has nothing to do
>>>> with Windows.  I read them on Linux and MacOS all the time.
>>>
>>> It just requires something that reads OOXML.
>>>
>>> MS Office (Windows) and the various LibreOffice/OpenOffice variants
>>> (Windows, Linux, macOS, *BSD) can read and write.
>>>
>>> Lotus Notes (Windows, Linux, macOS, i), WordPerfect (Windows) and
>>> Google Docs (web) can read.
>>>
>>> But I don't think anything on VMS can read them.
>>
>> Who's fault is that?
> 
> Is it anybodys fault?
> 
> Word processors is a desktop application.
> 
> That has not been VMS'es domain for decades.
> 

And who's fault is that?   :-)


bill